Fovant
Also known as Fovant, Wiltshire
Fovant is a village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England, lying about west of Salisbury on the A30 Salisbury-Shaftesbury road, on the south side of the Nadder valley.
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- Locality
- Ansty
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 669
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Fovant is a village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England, lying about west of Salisbury on the A30 Salisbury-Shaftesbury road, on the south side of the Nadder valley.
== History == The name is derived from the Old English Fobbefunta, meaning "spring of a man called Fobbe".
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